one left click on a word or group of words, picture etc. selects or highlights a word or words.
another click or two left clicks: selects and opens an application, document, website etc.
right click a word, words, picture, application, icon brings up a menu of actions you can choose.
Anti virus: figure out what you have. Is it updating itself and scanning your computer and isolating viruses? Call FAST or 3278 to get some help in identifying your antivirus application and making sure it is working properly.
Larger text almost anywhere: ctrl +++ (ctrl bottom left corner of keyboard)
Smaller text or return to normal: ctrl
(plus and minus signs are in the second row on keyboard at the right near the backspace key)
World Wide Web (www) the great ocean of information, misinformation, invisible and ever growing.
Web Browser: Internet explorer or Firefox or AOL. These are applications that allow you to travel the world wide web.
Search engine: Google, Yahoo and many others allow you to find what you are looking for by sorting information into links to topics.
Type questions (how to) topics, proper nouns into the search window and click Go or "Google Search" or touch Enter on your keyboard.
Internet: the highway that the information travels on, at your command, to your computer (hopefully).
Word Processing" Goodbye Word Pad: no ospell check, no double, triple line spacing. We will shift our efforts on word processing to OPEN OFFICE the free open source suite of applciations from Sun Microsystems that is free to all pc and mac users. Many of you have MSWord or MS Works which at some point you will have to pay handsomely for. pfs
Ethel's BUG notes for 6-20-07
LP WIKI:
Type in the Google search box: La PosadaGV wiki spaces
Then touch Enter on the keyboard.
Several LaPosada items appear in a list. Each has a line in blue that is underlined. Those are links—each to a website or page on a website. Click on the most logical one.
When the La Posada Wiki pages in on your screen, scroll down to Resident Pages
Scroll in the resident pages to check out what help or information is available. Be sure to pick up one of Margaret Ann's handouts with the complete list of HOW Tos.
To reach the Resort Report in COLOR: click the resort report link. A sign in box appears in order to protect the privacy of residents. Log in with the word resort and password:report
Formating line spacing in Word and Open Office: kindness of Rosetta
Open Office:
In the menu bar at the top of the page click view, then click Toolbars, in the list that appears be sure that the formating and standard toolbars are checked as well as any others you need. Click elsewhere to close that menu.
Now look at the toolbar near the of the page that has the font and its size in windows. Run your mouse slowly over each icon. After the alignment (left, center and right) icons, there should be line spacing icons (1, 1.5 and 2). If not at the very end of that like there is a small box with ” and a down triangle. Click it for other formatting options. Click on customize toolbar. Scroll down in the list of toolbar commands and make sure that all of the options you wish including line spacing are checked.
Word:
In the menu bar at the top of the page click view, then click Toolbars, in the list that appears be sure that at least standard and formatting are checked. Click elsewhere to close that menu.
Run your mouse along the toolbar that has the box for the font and it’s size. Look for three buttons that have differently spaced lines. Continue looking in the toolbar below. No luck? Click the very small button at then end of the row that has a “ and down triangle then click add or remove buttons. Find and click the line spacing buttons. They will now be in the toolbar for you to find.
BUG NOTES 6-28-07
How do you adjust sound?
If there is a little horn icon on the task bar (bottom lower right) click it for a volume control graphic. Holding down the left mouse button on the slider, slide up or down to change volume.
OR If no icon on the task bar, click START then CONTOL PANEL then SOUND AND AUDIO DEVICES. Check box that says place icon in task bar. Under SOUND tab in the sound window click and drag the slider higher or lower. Click the SPEAKER VOLUME button and adjust in the same manner.
How do you get pictures from email?
Ask the dear ones who send photos to paste them in to emails rather than attaching them. In Thunderbird VIEW click DISPLAY ATTACHMENTS INLINE. Then you can scroll down, admire the photo and delete the message.
To move the photo to your MY PICTURES folder:
Click to select the attachment.
Click FILE on the menu bar
Click ATTACHMENTS then SAVE ATTACHMENTS. In the SAVE window type a name for the picture if it only has a number. Check the top of the SAVE window and scroll through the folder list until you come to MY PICTURES and then click SAVE. When you wish to visit the picture, click START then click MY DOCUMENTS on your desktop then click MY PICTURES.
Set up the My Pictures Folder read over EXPLORER BAR (vertical on the left side of the screen.) Note the option to email a photo. That will size a photo in an appropriate siaze to mail--not off the page up and down.
Also under VIEW click THUMBNAILS so you can find photos easily.
Some word processing notes
To double, triple or 1.5 space between lines in WORKS word processor: Click FORMAT then PARAGRAPH… then click tab SPACING and click the down arrow beside SPACING to change to double, triple etc
Line spacing in WORD Open VIEW menu. Click TOOLBARS Check the major toolbars. Look carefully at the toolbar that has the font and font size etc. If there is no icon suggestion line spacing, click the tiny down arrow at the end of the toolbar. Click ADD AND REMOVE BUTTONS. Be sure that the line spacing icons in the list are checked.
Email notes
If you are wondering if email actually was mailed, look in the sent mail folder. If it was sent it will be listed there. Delete mail from this folder often
If there is mail in your OUTBOX or UNSENT MAIL, those did not go. Delete them and try again another time. It is possible to copy and paste the body of these messages into new emails and then send. Do not keep trying to send mail from the OUTBOX. If you are unsure, delete. Keep the OUTBOX empty.
PLEASEPLEASEPLEASE
If you are receiving too much SPAM let me know, please. Ph 3278
If you think your anti virus may not be working, let me know please. ph3278
Learn to use your anti spyware program and UPDATE and RUN it once a week without fail. For help ph 3278
Three kinds of clicks:
one left click on a word or group of words, picture etc. selects or highlights a word or words.
another click or two left clicks: selects and opens an application, document, website etc.
right click a word, words, picture, application, icon brings up a menu of actions you can choose.
Anti virus: figure out what you have. Is it updating itself and scanning your computer and isolating viruses? Call FAST or 3278 to get some help in identifying your antivirus application and making sure it is working properly.
Larger text almost anywhere: ctrl +++ (ctrl bottom left corner of keyboard)
Smaller text or return to normal: ctrl
(plus and minus signs are in the second row on keyboard at the right near the backspace key)
World Wide Web (www) the great ocean of information, misinformation, invisible and ever growing.
Web Browser: Internet explorer or Firefox or AOL. These are applications that allow you to travel the world wide web.
Search engine: Google, Yahoo and many others allow you to find what you are looking for by sorting information into links to topics.
Type questions (how to) topics, proper nouns into the search window and click Go or "Google Search" or touch Enter on your keyboard.
Internet: the highway that the information travels on, at your command, to your computer (hopefully).
Word Processing" Goodbye Word Pad: no ospell check, no double, triple line spacing. We will shift our efforts on word processing to OPEN OFFICE the free open source suite of applciations from Sun Microsystems that is free to all pc and mac users. Many of you have MSWord or MS Works which at some point you will have to pay handsomely for. pfs
Ethel's BUG notes for 6-20-07
LP WIKI:
Type in the Google search box: La PosadaGV wiki spaces
Then touch Enter on the keyboard.
Several LaPosada items appear in a list. Each has a line in blue that is underlined. Those are links—each to a website or page on a website. Click on the most logical one.
When the La Posada Wiki pages in on your screen, scroll down to Resident Pages
Scroll in the resident pages to check out what help or information is available. Be sure to pick up one of Margaret Ann's handouts with the complete list of HOW Tos.
To reach the Resort Report in COLOR: click the resort report link. A sign in box appears in order to protect the privacy of residents. Log in with the word resort and password:report
Formating line spacing in Word and Open Office: kindness of Rosetta
Open Office:
In the menu bar at the top of the page click view, then click Toolbars, in the list that appears be sure that the formating and standard toolbars are checked as well as any others you need. Click elsewhere to close that menu.
Now look at the toolbar near the of the page that has the font and its size in windows. Run your mouse slowly over each icon. After the alignment (left, center and right) icons, there should be line spacing icons (1, 1.5 and 2). If not at the very end of that like there is a small box with ” and a down triangle. Click it for other formatting options. Click on customize toolbar. Scroll down in the list of toolbar commands and make sure that all of the options you wish including line spacing are checked.
Word:
In the menu bar at the top of the page click view, then click Toolbars, in the list that appears be sure that at least standard and formatting are checked. Click elsewhere to close that menu.
Run your mouse along the toolbar that has the box for the font and it’s size. Look for three buttons that have differently spaced lines. Continue looking in the toolbar below. No luck? Click the very small button at then end of the row that has a “ and down triangle then click add or remove buttons. Find and click the line spacing buttons. They will now be in the toolbar for you to find.
BUG NOTES 6-28-07
How do you adjust sound?
If there is a little horn icon on the task bar (bottom lower right) click it for a volume control graphic. Holding down the left mouse button on the slider, slide up or down to change volume.
OR If no icon on the task bar, click START then CONTOL PANEL then SOUND AND AUDIO DEVICES. Check box that says place icon in task bar. Under SOUND tab in the sound window click and drag the slider higher or lower. Click the SPEAKER VOLUME button and adjust in the same manner.
How do you get pictures from email?
Ask the dear ones who send photos to paste them in to emails rather than attaching them. In Thunderbird VIEW click DISPLAY ATTACHMENTS INLINE. Then you can scroll down, admire the photo and delete the message.
To move the photo to your MY PICTURES folder:
Click to select the attachment.
Click FILE on the menu bar
Click ATTACHMENTS then SAVE ATTACHMENTS. In the SAVE window type a name for the picture if it only has a number. Check the top of the SAVE window and scroll through the folder list until you come to MY PICTURES and then click SAVE. When you wish to visit the picture, click START then click MY DOCUMENTS on your desktop then click MY PICTURES.
Set up the My Pictures Folder read over EXPLORER BAR (vertical on the left side of the screen.) Note the option to email a photo. That will size a photo in an appropriate siaze to mail--not off the page up and down.
Also under VIEW click THUMBNAILS so you can find photos easily.
Some word processing notes
To double, triple or 1.5 space between lines in WORKS word processor: Click FORMAT then PARAGRAPH… then click tab SPACING and click the down arrow beside SPACING to change to double, triple etc
Line spacing in WORD Open VIEW menu. Click TOOLBARS Check the major toolbars. Look carefully at the toolbar that has the font and font size etc. If there is no icon suggestion line spacing, click the tiny down arrow at the end of the toolbar. Click ADD AND REMOVE BUTTONS. Be sure that the line spacing icons in the list are checked.
Email notes
If you are wondering if email actually was mailed, look in the sent mail folder. If it was sent it will be listed there. Delete mail from this folder often
If there is mail in your OUTBOX or UNSENT MAIL, those did not go. Delete them and try again another time. It is possible to copy and paste the body of these messages into new emails and then send. Do not keep trying to send mail from the OUTBOX. If you are unsure, delete. Keep the OUTBOX empty.
PLEASEPLEASEPLEASE
If you are receiving too much SPAM let me know, please. Ph 3278
If you think your anti virus may not be working, let me know please. ph3278
Learn to use your anti spyware program and UPDATE and RUN it once a week without fail. For help ph 3278